diff --git a/modules/api/api.py b/modules/api/api.py
index 2e49526e..6507f641 100644
--- a/modules/api/api.py
+++ b/modules/api/api.py
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ def encode_pil_to_base64(image):
             image.save(output_bytes, format="PNG", pnginfo=(metadata if use_metadata else None), quality=opts.jpeg_quality)
 
         elif opts.samples_format.lower() in ("jpg", "jpeg", "webp"):
+            if image.mode == "RGBA":
+                image = image.convert("RGB")
             parameters = image.info.get('parameters', None)
             exif_bytes = piexif.dump({
                 "Exif": { piexif.ExifIFD.UserComment: piexif.helper.UserComment.dump(parameters or "", encoding="unicode") }